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M. R. LEVY.

SIGN 0R BANNER.

Patented Aug. 4, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

MORRIS'R. LEVY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SIGN OR BANNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,696, dated August4, 1885.

Application filed July 3,1884.

1' 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MORRIS R. LEVY, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Signsand Banners, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exactdescription as will enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention appertains to make and construct the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of signs and banners having a groundor base of network of twine, thread, cord, silk, or the like. Hithertothe binding, fringe, and parts bearing the inscriptions or designs ofsuch signs and banners have been made of ordinary can vas, inuslin,cloth, or the like; but the use of such materials has been attended withcertain objections. In the first place, it has been necessary in mostinstances to paint the background of the parts upon which theinscriptions, designs, 850., have been placed, and this has added to theweight of the sign or banner, beside which the paint has peeled,chipped, or cracked off, giving to the banner or sign an unsightlyappearance, thus destroying or injuring the inscriptions and leaving thefabric exposed. Moreover, painting the background of inscriptions ordesigns has involved considerable expense, and the extra weight hastended to cause the banner to get out of shape, and when such backgroundhas not been painted the fabric has rotted by exposure to the weather,owing to the character of the material used. So, also, the binding beingof like material, gives way under action of the weather unless painted,and there is ditficulty in painting it, and there are also the sameobjections to the paint as upon other parts of the sign or banner. Thenet-work base or ground has likewise been affected more or less by theinfluences of the weather.

The object of my invention is to obviate these objections and to producea sign or banner which shall be light, durable, and economical, and thisI do by making the strips, pictures, letters, inscriptions, designs,binding and trimmings when and as desired of or on rubber sheeting orrubber cloth, and using (No model.)

the same in connection with a net-work,which may also be madewater-proof by means of rubber, as hereinafter more fully explained.

In the drawing, A A represent the network or ground of a banner, such asis suspended across a street; and. B B, the figures, devices, orinscriptions thereon, the strips or pieces forming or bearing the samebeing of rubber sheeting or cloth, and C is the rope or wire from or onwhich the same is hung.

In making or constructing my improvement I prefer to take the ordinarynet-work of twine, cord, or like material, and coat or 0therwise treatit with rubber, so as to make it waterproof. This will make this .partmore durable. I use for the strips, pieces, inscriptions, designs,letters, or other matter to be displayed, rubber sheeting or rubbercloth, stitched, sewed, or otherwise suitably attached to the ground ornet work, which may, if desired, be made water-proof, as above stated.The binding and trimming may also be made of the same material, thebinding being formed by inclosing a rope or cord within the rubbersheeting around the edges of the sign or banner. The pieces or stripsmay be either plain or colored,,and may be either stamped or cut out inthe desired shapes and then attached to the ground-work, or may beinscribed with any designs or characters desired in any suitable manner.The use of colored rubber sheeting for the strips on which the letteringor designs may be placed will obviate the necessity of using paint forproducing colored backgrounds, as the coloring-matter may be mixed withthe rubber in the course of manufacture. If white-rubber cloth be usedthe background may be painted in any desired color, leaving the lettersor designs white. This construction will render the banner much lighter,and it will therefore not sag or get out of shape, owing to its weight.This material will also be much stronger, as well as lighter, than thematerial ordinarily used, beside being waterproof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sign or banner having a base or ground of a net-work, to which isattached, in one or more pieces of any desired size and shape, rubbercloth forming or adapted to receive any desired design or inscription,substantially as described.

2. As a sign or banner, one or more pieces of rubber cloth of suitablesize and shape, and forming or having thereon letters or designs, incombination with a net-work, substantially as described.

3. A sign or banner composed of a net-work made water-proof by beingcoated or treated with rubber, in combination with pieces of rubbercioth to form or receive the inscription, letters, or designs, and thebinding or fringe, substantially as described.

MORRIS R. LEVY.

\Vitnesses:

HUBERT A. BANNING, J. E. TALBOT.

